When the Estensen family went for a walk on the beach on Thursday morning, they saw a special sight. Namely dozens of dead small fish. Mainly redfish. – They were small, maybe 10 to 20 centimeters long. I think it was redfish, tusk and lyre, says Reidar Estensen (73). – A bit macabre. Daughter Tove (52) was also on the trip. – It was almost a bit macabre with all the dead fish along the beaches, far up on land. There must have been strong forces at work, she tells news. Tove Estensen says it was a bit macabre to find all the dead fish. Photo: Private Researcher Otte Bjelland at the Institute of Marine Research has looked at the pictures of all the dead fish. – It’s probably a matter of fluff. It can stay in fairly shallow water, especially in winter. Maybe at a depth of 10 to 15 metres, he says. The dead fish lay in several places on the beaches in Flatanger on Thursday morning. Photo: Private – Very special The eel is a deep-water fish that lives at a depth of around 100 metres, but the lusuer can therefore stand much higher in the water. – This is very special, but there are many indications that it is the strong wind and waves that have washed the small fish ashore, believes Bjelland. Researcher Otte Bjelland believes it is lusus that washed ashore in Flatanger. Photo: Pål Kristian Lindseth / news – The monkfish has a closed swim bladder with gas to maintain a neutral weight in the water. If the waves lift the fish around, the movements can cause the gas in the bladder to expand. Then it floats in the water and is easily washed ashore, he believes. – Once in the 1970s, I found nine or ten redfish on the shore, which we used for food. The one we found on Thursday wasn’t exactly food fish. It was full of sand, and the birds had started feeding on it, says Reidar Estensen. – But the birds probably got a lot of good food, he laughs the next day.
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Found stranded fish on the shore in Flatanger after the extreme weather “Ingunn” – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
